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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1767 The National Board shall refuse to take ccgnizance of a_ con- °x§°;g,§f°*' °* ’*°* troversy between employer and workers m any eld of rndustnal or other activity where there is by agreement or Federal law a means of settlement which has not been mvoked. _ _ A hm d And _I do hereby urge upon all ern lqyers and employees within ,,,,,,§°°£,,,,,,,,.§‘,§ gfud the United States the necessity 0I_l1b .t»l16 means and methods °¤*P*°Y°°°- thus provided for the adjustment of  industrial disputes, and - request that drmng the pendency of mediation or arbitration through the said means and methods, there shall be no d1scontmuance of mdustnal operations which would result m curtarlment of the prodl1Cb10I1 of W8.1' HBCSSILIBS. » IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. _ DONE rn the District of Columbia, this eighth day of April, m the year of our Bord one thousand nrne hundred an eigxhteen, [sman.] and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and f orty-second. _ 1 Woonnow WILSON. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. [Report of »War  Conference Board.]  ,z."Q_"l’°' The following report and recommendations are presented by the War Labor Con- ` ference Board,  emplciyfm- and snmp oysss, appointed in accordance with the sgigmtr of Secretary of bor William B. Wilson, to ard in the formation ofaNatio laborprogramforthepsiodefthe war: 4 . Wasnmeros, D. C., March 29, 1918. Honorable Wmuu B. Wrnsorw, Secretary of Labor. Sm: The Commimion of representatives of employers and workers, selected in accord with the suggestion of your letter of January 28, 1918, to aid in the formulation, in the present emergency, o a National labor program, present to you, as a result their conferences, the following: _ (a) That there be created, for the period of the war, a National War Labor Board of the same number and to be selected in the same manner and by the same agencies as the commission making this recommendation: (b) That the functions and powers of the National Board shall be as follows: 1. To brin%about a settlement, boy mediation and conciliation of every controv arising etween employers an workers in the field of production neceaary friinihe effective conduct of e war. _ 2. To do the same  in similar controversies rn other fields of national activity, delays and obstructions in which may, in the opinion of the National Board, adect detrrmentally such reduction. . 3. To provide sung machinery by direct appointment, or otherwise, for selection of committees or Boards to sit in various parts of the country where controversies arise, to secure settlement by local mediation and conciliation. 4. To summon the parties to the controversy for hearing and action by the National Board in case of failure to secure settlement by local mediation and conciliation. (c) If the sincere and determined eEort of the National Board shall fail to bring about a voluntary settlement, and the members of the Board shall be unable 1mani— mously to agree upon a decision, then and in that case and only as a last resort, an umpire appointed in the manner provided in the next paragraph shall hear and finally grgdle the controversy under simple rules of procedure prescribed by the National (db The members of the National Board shall choose the umpire by unanimous vote. Failing such choice, the name of the umpire shall be drawn by lot from a list of ten suitab e and disinterested persons to be nommated for the purpose by the President of the United States. (e) The National Board shall hold its regular meetings in the city of Washington, with power to meet at an other place convenient for the Board and the occasion. (f) The National Boardrmay alter its methods and practice in settlement of controversies hereunder, from time to time as experience may suggest. (g) The National Board shall refuse to take cogmzance of a controversty between employer and workers in any field of industrial or_otber activity where ere rs by agreement or Federal law a means of settlement which has not been mvoked.